Why Chinese (written in English) I the reason I decided to learn Chinese actually started my freshman year in high school because we had to take a language class which I didn't mind because I always wanted to learn a new language anyway and I was into the the Asian culture and still am today and I always found Chinese interesting and my school offered it so I took it and loved it right away. Now my laoshi wasn't that great but I tried to get the most out of the subject even did a lot of research on my own. after I relocated though in my third year of school I was unable to take Chinese in the class room and stopped. Now that time has passed, I realized how much I missed learning the language and really wanted to get back into it.